lam assuming i am assuming so is —— sumi somaskanda. an israeli military strike in southern gaza has killed at least 25 civilians and injured 50 others , that's according to the palestinian red cresent. on friday, israeli forces fired at tents for displaced people in the designated humanitarian zone of al—mawasi, near the city of rafah. and the international committee of the red cross says its office in gaza — which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced people in tents — was damaged when heavy—calibre missiles landed nearby. the statement said that firing so close to humanitarian structures endangers the lives of civilians and aid agency staff. it added that stray bullets have reached red cross facilities in recent weeks. israel says their troops were conducting �*precise, intelligence—based actions�* in the area, where an estimated half a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged

fire across the lebanon—israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. the un secretary—general antonio guterres has warned there is real risk that the crisis on the israel—lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border, and frankly beyond imagination. let us be clear, the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. the humanitarian situation in gaza is worsening after eight months of war. on x, the head of the world health organization said more than ten thousand palestinians are in gaza need urgent medical attention. he added that since the closure of the rafah crossing on may seven, no patients have been evacuated from the gaza strip. the us military said on thursday that a temporary pier off the coast of gaza has been re—anchored, allowing the resumption of aid deliveries. the israeli army recently

implemented a daily �*tactical pause�* in fighting along a key aid route stretching from the kerem shalom border crossing. but aid agencies say that the pause has had no impact on the delivery of badly—needed humanitarian supplies, as officials are still struggling to streamline enough aid to civilians. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more from bethlehem. announcing this daily halt in fighting along a key stretch of road just inside gaza next to the kerem shalom border crossing, the israeli military said nearly a week ago, the idea was to allow the un and aid organisations to clear the backlog of aid that has accumulated at the kerem shalom crossing, something like 1,000 lorry loads of aid there. but the un and different humanitarian workers who we�*ve spoken to say they�*ve not really been able to take advantage of these so—called tactical pauses, mainly because of the lawlessness that there is now in southern gaza where you have, they say, these organised armed groups that are smuggling

and looting, using weapons to stop their lorries as they come in. and at the same time, they say there�*s been a breakdown in their own systems that�*s happened since israel�*s incursion of rafah that�*s meant that more than a million people were newly displaced. and at the same time you had the un and humanitarian agencies losing access to some of their offices, to warehouses and to the important rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt. now in rafah itself, we�*re hearing that there is fighting that is still going on in the past couple of days, particularly intense street battles between israeli soldiers and palestinian armed groups to the north and to the west of rafah, with intense israeli shelling going on as well. there have also been deadly israeli strikes in parts of gaza city. a reminder, really, that gaza, as the humanitarian crisis deepens there, it remains

an active war zone. israel is under pressure to allow more aid into gaza, and doctors fear the situation for palstinian civilians will only get worse, especially for young children. the united nations estimates more than one—million people in gaza will face catastrophic levels of starvation by the middle of next month. shortages of drinking water in high summer temperatures are also putting the lives of many gazans at risk. our correspondentjon donnison is in jerusalem. and a warning, his report contains some distressing images from the start. five—year—old tala is severely dehydrated and malnourished. at nasser hospital in khan yunis herfather, ibrahim, tries to offer comfort, but he knows that scorching weather close to a0 degrees and a lack of clean water, have brought his daughter close to death. translation: the situation is getting worse. _ you can�*t imagine the temperature in our tent, and the water you drink is definitely contaminated because both old and young are getting sick.

and with their houses destroyed, hundreds of thousands of gazans are now living under canvas with little protection from the scorching sun. getting water, whether it�*s clean or not, is a daily struggle. long queues form at distribution centres. the un says two thirds of the strip�*s water and sanitation system, poor at the best of times, has been destroyed. translation: we need i a tremendous international effort to re—establish water and sewage networks. we in khan younis have lost between 170 and 200 kilometres of pipes, which have been completely destroyed, along with the wells and the water tanks. the united nations has warned more than a million gazans are facing the highest level of starvation by the middle ofjuly. the international criminal court prosecutor has accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war. israel strongly disputes this,

and its ministers have denied there is a humanitarian crisis. and the most vulnerable are affected, too. this boy is nine years old. he has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, but malnutrition and dehydration mean he�*s now in hospital. his mother says before the war, he was healthy. translation: where we live now, it's polluted and there's no - food, and we have to walk a long way for water. now i�*m worried my other children will also be sick. jon donnison, bbc news. on friday, doctors without borders said that it might have to stop or drastically reduce some of its medical activities unless there is a significant replenishment of medical supplies in the coming days. for more on this i spoke to samueljohann, emergency coordinator in gaza with medecins sans frontieres. you have recently returned from gaza where you are working at

hospitals, can you tell us what the situation was like? the situation — the situation was like? the situation looks _ the situation was like? the situation looks very - the situation was like? tue: situation looks very bad. during the rafa offensive about which continues to take place, several health facilities had to be closed, including some health facilities supported or run by our organization. it�*s shocking when you have to close medical facilities due to insecurity. at the same time, very few medical facilities, very few medical facilities, very few medical facilities, very few hospitals that are still running in the gaza strip, what we see is that they are congested, they are overloaded, they are receiving mass casualty events on a regular basis. it�*s a completely honest statement —— unsustainable and unacceptable situation. we unsustainable and unacceptable situation. ~ , ., ., situation. we understand that medical supplies _ situation. we understand that medical supplies are - situation. we understand that medical supplies are running l medical supplies are running low as well, can you tell us how doctors and nurses are

treating patients at the moment in gaza? �* , treating patients at the moment in gaza? v . treating patients at the moment in gaza? �*, ._ in gaza? it's a critical situation _ in gaza? it's a critical situation and - in gaza? it's a critical situation and it's - in gaza? it's a critical. situation and it's difficult situation and it�*s difficult for medical professionals to do theirjob under these circumstances. i spent four weeks inside gaza as a doctors without borders emergency coordinator. during the time i was there, we could not get supplies in at all, not even simple medicine or goal is to treat wounds. so supplies, essentially, they are going to run out at a certain point. the quantity of supplies coming into gaza before the closure of the rafa border was already insufficient. the situation has deteriorated even more after the closure of the border. the situation is unsustainable and unacceptable, and we are heading for a much, unacceptable, and we are heading fora much, much unacceptable, and we are heading for a much, much worse times than we already facing. your organization is now saying it might have to stop or severely limit its activities

in gaza unless there is a significant replenishment of medical supplies in the coming days. if doctors without borders have to shut down or severely restrict its work in gaza, what would that mean for medical care there? we gaza, what would that mean for medical care there?— medical care there? we are already working _ medical care there? we are already working under - medical care there? we are already working under very | already working under very difficult circumstances. all of the house actors are working under the same type of shortage. it would be a catastrophe to stop the capacity to provide medical services to the population is already having his due deteriorated and insufficient, what we do is a drop in the ocean, so it would just be even worse, and he said thing is that it was already hard before for, and we have essentially run out of words or objectives to describe the seriousness of the situation.— the situation. can you tell us specifically — the situation. can you tell us specifically what _ the situation. can you tell us specifically what kinds - the situation. can you tell us specifically what kinds of - specifically what kinds of supplies are most direly needed right now? we supplies are most direly needed riaht now? ~ ., supplies are most direly needed right now?— right now? we are talking about everything. _ right now? we are talking about

everything. and _ right now? we are talking about everything, and we're _ right now? we are talking about everything, and we're not - everything, and we�*re not talking only about medical supplies, we are talking about humanitarian supplies that are low humanitarian responses to happen, so i�*ll give you an example. at ask a hospital, the last remaining hospital in the central area, last remaining hospital in the centralarea, in last remaining hospital in the central area, in the middle area of the gaza strip, where our teams work and support, there are problems with fuel, very essential things. without fuel you cannot run the generators or run the hospital. within a space of one week, al—asqa faced food shortages and power shortages three times, which you can understand what that means for patients in need of oxygen. so we are talking about essential things to run in a humanitarian response in these circumstances. a circumstances. as you said, the fi . htin . circumstances. as you said, the fighting is _ circumstances. as you said, the fighting is ongoing, _ circumstances. as you said, the fighting is ongoing, on - circumstances. as you said, the fighting is ongoing, on the - circumstances. as you said, the fighting is ongoing, on the one| fighting is ongoing, on the one

hand you have modest minions saying the israeli forces are targeting hospitals and medical centers, on the other hand israel is saying my or has embedded itself in hospital complexes. can you tell us what you witnessed quickness next? what we see working in hospitals is a massive influx of patients, men and women and children, following air strikes. it is a case in rafa, where we close essentially all of our activities. it is the case in al—asqa hospital, it is simply a massive influx of patients. sometimes hundreds of patients. sometimes hundreds of patients at a time in a situation that is already impossible, so we are really asking the impossible from these hospitals at the moment.

well many countries are currently in the grip of extreme weather. in the us, president biden has declared the wildfires in the state of new mexico a disaster — with thunderstorms complicating efforts to contain the flames. and the first named storm of this year�*s atlantic hurricane season has caused chaos in parts of texas and mexico — where it killed at least four people. in southern china — at least 47 people are reported to have been killed in heavy floods, while much of the north of the country is experiencing drought and heatwave conditions. and at least 11 people have been killed in wildfires in south—east turkey, where the mercury rose above a0 degrees celsius — or 104 degrees fahrenheit fahrenheit this week. so — why is this all happening now? the science shows global warming is making these extreme weather events 35 times more likely. for more, i spoke to radley horton, a professor at columbia university�*s climate school. in the most basic terms, can you explain how more frequent extreme weather is tied to a change in climate? absolutely, fundamentally, _ change in climate? absolutely, fundamentally, the _ change in climate? absolutely, fundamentally, the planet - change in climate? absolutely, fundamentally, the planet is i fundamentally, the planet is warming, and it might not seem like it lots of warming when you hear about one celsius or

so, but the issue is that as you sort of raise that baseline, all across the globe, the frequency and intensity and duration of these extreme heat events is going up, and not just a little but going up dramatically. similarly, we are seeing more frequent coastal flooding due to sea level rise, and we are seeing heavy red events that are far more extreme. there is a warmer atmosphere to hold more moisture, and paradoxically, we are also seen more drought, in part because the same warming of the atmosphere means it is more effective at sucking moisture out of vegetation and soils, leading to drugs and fires. t soils, leading to drugs and fires. ., , fires. i found it interesting that you — fires. i found it interesting that you have _ fires. i found it interesting that you have written - fires. i found it interestingl that you have written about fires. i found it interesting - that you have written about the fact that it calendars we relied on in the past have become a losing proposition, what do you mean by that? it what do you mean by that? tt lots of our societal calendars, when schools begin and end,

even things like planting crops in some instances are fixed, but the climate is changing, the statistics of when we expect extremes and how intense they would be are changing and changing dramatically, so now we are out of phase we have these idiosyncrasies where it lots of our societal decisions and a lot of ecological systems are out of work without quickly the climate is changing. ilil" the climate is changing. our sense of— the climate is changing. our sense of summer _ the climate is changing. our sense of summer itself is changing, isn�*t it westmark you twist you testified in 2019 in front of congress about the cost of extreme change in weather, how do you quantify the extreme heat wave here in the extreme heat wave here in the us? , ., ., the us? some things are heart to quantify. — the us? some things are heart to quantify. we _ the us? some things are heart to quantify, we are _ the us? some things are heart to quantify, we are learning . to quantify, we are learning more and more about the full scale of health impacts of extreme heat. children don�*t learn as well. it affects even prenatal outcomes. it�*s not just those recorded debts of people having heatstroke, it�*s other people having kidney

issues, respiratory, cardiovascular, so we are just beginning to understand that, and across the economic impacts, lost labor productivity, infrastructure failures, you are talking major impacts for the economy, and if you start to see what the impacts are in the most vulnerable operations, the people who don�*t always show up in traditional economics that gdp, where you see my nutrition, you can even quantify some of those impacts and the ecosystem impacts as well, so enormous numbers. we have heard _ well, so enormous numbers. we have heard from climate scientist that we are moving to a not —— a point that we are no longer possibly able to rein in climate change but moving to adaptation and mitigation methods, what do those look like? ~ .,, like? we need those, mitigation, _ like? we need those, mitigation, major - like? we need those, - mitigation, major emissions reduction, as important as ever, electrification of our grade based on renewable energy, for example, moving to battery—powered stored energy

and changes in ourfood battery—powered stored energy and changes in our food system, consuming less meat and protecting are a force more. that would reduce the amount of climate change, but as you alluded to, adaptation, preparing for those climate changes and extremes under way, more important than ever. some of it is hard infrastructure, sea walls, some of it is nature —based solutions, more shade to protect vulnerable operations from heat, it�*s a gamut of outcomes, and some of it based on protecting vulnerable people, if we protect the vulnerable, they�*ll be better shape for a range of outcomes including negative climate change. staying with the extreme heat — more than a thousand people — from several countries — have reportedly died at the hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia. temperatures during the annual journey to meccahave soared above 50 degrees celsius — or 122 degrees fahrenheit.haj hajj is a life—long dream for many muslims, but for families of the victims — the pilgrimage has turned to tragedy. the bbc spoke to the family of �*afandeya,�* who had

travelled from egypt on an unofficial visa. translation: the broker took advantage of her passion - to go and made promises. when i called, her facei was as red as a tomato. they made a tent out of bedsheets. - they had no accommodation. official pilgrims - have air—conditioned tents and meals. my mum's death broke me. saudi arabia has defended its handling of the event but there is widespread outrage across the region. tunisia�*s minister of religious affairs was sacked after nearly 50 tunisian pilgrims were confirmed among the dead. and authorities injordan have detained several travel agents who helped book unofficial travel to mecca. unregistered pilgrims do not have access to proper facilities at ritual sites, such as air conditioned tents and buses. the bbc�*s aleem maqbool reports. in the searing heat of western saudi arabia, walking for several hours a day, surrounded by many hundreds of thousands of others, performing the five days of the hajj is an arduous undertaking at the best of times.

some thrive in the adversity, but each year, hundreds also die of conditions related to heat exhaustion. it may be months until we get the full picture, but given temperatures reached nearly 52 degrees celsius, there have been fears the number that died this year could be much higher than normal. over the years, the saudi authorities have introduced sprinkler systems, tunnel routes and water stations across the massive pilgrimage area, and issue advice to use umbrellas and avoid walking in the hottest parts of the day. they�*ve also tried to control numbers with strict quotas, but many religiously motivated use unofficial routes to get around them, given it�*s

incumbent on every muslim with the means to go on hajj at least once in their lifetime. aleem maqbool, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news police and search teams on the spanish island of tenerife have ended a fifth day of looking for 19—year—old jay slater of lancashire. there is still no trace of him, even though dogs, drones and helicopters have been involved in the hunt. he hasn�*t been heard from since phoning one of the friends he was on holiday with, on monday morning. lancashire police have said they are ready to offer any four members of britain�*s richest family have been sentenced to jail by a court in switzerland, for exploiting their domestic staff, who�*d been brought over from india to work in their luxury villa in geneva. the court acquitted them of a more serious human trafficking charge. defence lawyers denied accusations the family members confiscated their employees�* passports, and required extended workdays without overtime. a northamptonshire police chief constable who lied

about his military history, exaggerating his rank, length of service and achievements has been dismissed for gross misconduct. nick adderley claimed he�*d reached the rank of lieutenant and was a military negotiator in haiti in the 1980s. a three—person panel upheld all the allegations against him after a five—day hearing. you�*re live with bbc news. the us supreme court upheld a law that prevents people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning a gun. this is the first major ruling on gun rights since 2022, when the court expanded the right to bear arms. friday�*s ruling passed with an eight to one majority — in a rare legal victory for those in favour of restrictions on firearms. presidentjoe biden welcomed the decision in a statement saying �*as a result of today�*s ruling, survivors of domestic violence and their families will still be able to count on critical protections, just as they have for the past three decades. the national domestic violence hotline , a nationwide organisation supporting people experiencing domestic abuse ,

said in a statement: "prohibiting domestic violence abusers from accessing firearms is common—sense, life—saving, and constitutional. the devastating impact of firearms in abusive relationships is horrific and can be lethal; today�*s decision saved lives". our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has the details of the case. so this case was brought by a texas drug dealer who had threatened to shoot his girlfriend if she had reported he had assaulted her. she got a restraining order against him, and that restraining order that to his guidelines and being revoked and also can be disarmed, so his guns were taken away from him. he argues that was a violation of his right to bear arms, the second amendment, but in a majority ruling by the court, and h— one ruling, the court said it did not, that the constitution does permit laws that restrict guns from people who are deemed

dangerous. it is worth mentioning that this was one of many challenges that was brought to the supreme court after they ruled in 2022 on a major ruling in which... it was a new york ruling, and it basically put strict limits on guns outside the home, and so in some respects, this case really tested the scope of that law and how far the supreme court would go. so, in many respects, this is a victory for guns rights activists, and there was one dissenting voice, there was one dissenting voice, the conservative justice clarence thomas, who is very pro—gun, and he said there�*s not a single historical galatian that justifies the statutes as issued, but this big federal law does stay in place now. our bbc verify team has been analysing satellite images that show that north korea is building sections of what appears to be a wall in several places near its border with south korea. this recent activity

is "unusual" and comes as tensions between the two countries are on the rise. the images also show that land inside the demilitarised zone has been cleared, which experts say could be a violation of the long—standing truce with south korea. jake horton has more form the bbc verify hub. reunification between north and south korea seemed unlikely for years, but it had been the stated goal for both countries. that changed at the start of the year when the north korean leader, kimjong un, announced that his country would no longer pursue that ambition. bbc verify has obtained new satellite images which show that north korea has begun building what appears to be sections of wall near the border with south korea, which you can see highlighted here. we�*ve identified several structures which have been recently built which, combined, coverabout one kilometre of land. these barriers are near the eastern end of the demilitarised zone between north and south korea, which is known as the dmz. this is effectively a buffer zone between the two countries, which are still technically

at war because they never signed a peace treaty almost 70 years after the end of the korean war. have a look at the long, continuous structure in this image, which was taken earlier this month. the exact date construction began is unclear due to a lack of previous high resolution imagery in the area, but this image, which was taken at the end of last year, shows that the barrier clearly wasn�*t there. we have also found evidence that land has been cleared within the north korean controlled side of the dmz. this image, which was taken at the end of last year, shows no land cleared. now look at this image, which was taken earlier this month. you can clearly see a strip of land has been cleared inside the north korean controlled end of the dmz. this activity so close to that border is unusual, according to experts we spoke to. they say it could be for military purposes and so could go against north korea�*s long standing

truce with south korea. the south korean military have said they are aware of the construction and are monitoring the situation closely. that from our previous e—verify hub. thank you for watching bbc news, state to end, the top of the next hour, my colleague would have a special look at the crisis incident. thank you for watching, stay with bbc news. have a look at the crisis in sudan. hello. the next few days are set to bring some summer warmth, but there is still some uncertainty about just how long it might last. the weekend will bring some warm sunshine, but it�*s not all plain sailing. a little bit of cloud and rain in the forecast as well. in fact, some rain through saturday morning thanks to this frontal system, a weak weather front that�*ll be moving its way eastwards, but it will bring more in the way of cloud across some central and southern parts of scotland, northern england, into the midlands, eastern england as well, and parts of east anglia

and the south—east could see the odd sharp shower breaking out through the afternoon. then, a slice of sunshine, but more cloud rolling into northern ireland and western scotland with the odd spot of rain. temperature—wise, well, 15 degrees for stornoway, 23 there in london. and — no surprise for hay fever sufferers, i�*m sure — very high pollen levels across most parts of the uk, away from the northern half of scotland. now, as we head through saturday night, we will see clouds and a few spots of rain and drizzle for northern ireland and scotland. more cloud and some quite misty, murky conditions developing around coasts and hills in the west of england and wales. a mild start to sunday morning, double digits for the vast majority. and then for sunday, well, we will see some areas of cloud, particularly across parts of england and wales, perhaps even the odd rogue shower and some misty, murky conditions for coasts and hills. northern ireland and scotland seeing some sunshine, east anglia and the south—east probably holding on to sunny skies, and the air turning warmer and more humid as well.

so, temperatures — 19 degrees for aberdeen, for example, 25 degrees there in london. and that surge of warm and humid airjust continues to work northwards across the uk as we head into monday. monday could be a very warm day indeed, a fair amount of sunshine, but some cloud too. and it might be a bit misty and murky again for some western coasts and hills. but those temperatures widely up into the 20s — 2a, 25 degrees in parts of northern scotland, 27 or 28 in south—east england. now, the big uncertainty is aboutjust how long that warmth might last, either because of a frontal system from the west or an area of low pressure spinning up from the south. it does look set to turn more unsettled later in the week, but a lot of doubt about exactly when that might happen and some warm weather between now and then.

this is bbc news. we�*ll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i�*m reece parkinson and i�*m on a journey across the caribbean. in this programme, i�*m heading to the bahamas.

it�*s considered one of the most beautiful places in the world, with dazzling marine life, breathtaking coral reefs and stunning white sands. renowned as a magnet for billionaires, bankers and beach lovers, it attracted nearly ten million tourists to its shores last year. but it�*s also an island nation, on the front line of climate change. whoa! it was the beacon of hope that we needed when the lighthouse came on because everybody knew, at that point, that there is hope. rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns are affecting everyday life here, so i�*m leaving the sunbeds behind to find out first—hand how the people who live here are trying to save this stunning paradise.